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Title	:	Gulliver's Travels / A Modest Proposal
Author	:	Jonathan Swift
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 416 pages
Published	:	August 1st 2005 by Simon Schuster (first published July 26th 2005)
Categories	:	Classics. Fiction. Fantasy. Literature. Adventure. Novels. Humor

Gulliver's Travels / A Modest Proposal

Jonathan Swift

Paperback | Pages: 416 pages

Rating: 3.8 | 2407 Users | 54 Reviews

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Enduring Literature Illuminated by Practical Scholarship

By turns a children's fantasy and a social satire for adults, Gulliver's Travels is one of the most popular adventure tales of all time. "A Modest Proposal," also an imaginative, enduring work, is political lampoonery at its finest.

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Original Title:	Gulliver's Travels and A Modest Proposal
ISBN:	1416500391 (ISBN13: 9781416500391)
Edition Language:	English

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Ratings: 3.8 From 2407 Users | 54 Reviews

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Very complicated, but adventurous.

A wonderful collection of fantasy worlds and adventures on the surface with deeply satirical observations about human nature below. There is a reason people are reading this after all this time. I also enjoyed "A Modest Proposal", but warn anyone who reads that about the satirical bent to all his works - he doesn't mean what he says on its face value, so read between the lines.

It took me a while to remember this book, but it was magnificent. Swift was so darn clever and snarky. I love snarky political commentary that is aimed not just at poking holes in our pretensions but challenging us to be better. Swift was one of the earliest and still ranks as one of the best.

Eh...I picked up Gulliver's Travels because I brought back from Christmas holiday (my parents' home and residence for many of my books) with the intention of diving right into it in January. Obviously, the intention has gone stale as it is now July. Gulliver's travels reminds me of Twain's Innocents Abroad. Both are travel narratives and not really "novels" in the traditional sense--if at all. Swift and Twain's works are also united by their satirical intentions, though I must admit that much of

Swift is a fan-freaking-tastic satirical writer. A Modest Proposal was hilarious, so long as you understand it is indeed a satire. Gulliver's Travels is also satirical, and I found it fun tying the satire back to what was going on in politics when Swift wrote this. Even if you don't understand how the piece is satirical, you can still gather the themes and lessons throughout. Worth a read for sure!

Two masterpieces that had me believing I could become a satirist in no time. Many newspapers had to endure my letters of which none were printed. (But I can't put the blame on Swift for making it look so easy.)

Gulliver's Travels was a great story of adventure I read as child. I didn't come to understand the political satire until I started college. My college experience has enriched the reading experience for me and I can appreciate the book on a different level.